AcuSolve Publications

The following are some select papers on CFD solutions using AcuSolve in different industrial applications.

Offshore Oil Platforms

Numerical Wave Tank Analysis of Wave Run-Up On a Truncated Vertical Cylinder. J. Kin, S.Cosgrove, R. Jaiman, and J. O’Sullivan. View
VIV Prediction of a Truss Spar Pull-Tube Array Using CFD. Y. Constantinides, S. Holmes, and W. Yu. View
CFD Based Hydrodynamic Databases for Wake Interference Assessment. D. Corson, S. Cosgrove, P. Hays, Y. Constantinides , O. Oakley, H. Mukundan, and M. Leung. View
Dynamic Analysis of Riser Release and Lowering. S. Atluri, N. Liu, A. Sablok, and T. Weaver. View
Vortex Induced Vibration Analysis of a Complex Subsea Jumper. S. Holmes, and Y. Constantinides. View
Calculation of Manoeuvring Forces on Submarines Using Two Viscous-Flow Solvers. G. Vaz, S. Toxopeus, and S. Holmes. View
CFD Modeling Of Corrugated Flexible Pipe. R. K. Jaiman, O. H. Oakley, and J. D. Adkins. View
Numerical Modeling Of Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Two Flexible Risers. M. Springer, R. K. Jaiman, S.Cosgrove and Y. Constantinides. View
Fully Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction for Offshore Applications. R. K. Jaiman, F. Shakib, O. H. Oakley and Y. Constantinides. View
CFD as a Design Tool for Hydrodynamic Loading on Offshore Structures. S. Atluri, A. Magee, and K. Lombrakos. View
Numerical Simulations of Cylinder VIV focusing on High Harmonics. Y. Constantinides and O. H. Oakley. View
Centerwell Water Motions and Hydrodynamic Loading Using Viscous Flow Calculations. S. Holmes, J. Gebara and A. Magee. View
Using CFD to study the effects of staggered buoyancy on drilling riser VIV. S. Holmes, O. H. Oakley, K. Raghavan and Y. Constantinides. View
Numerical prediction of VIV and comparison with field experiments. Y. Constantinides and O. H. Oakley. View
Predicting Spar VIM Using CFD. S. Holmes. View
CFD Truss Spar Hull Benchmarking Study. O. H. Oakley and Y. Constantinides. View
CFD High L/D Riser Modeling Study. Y. Constantinides, O. H. Oakley and S. Holmes. View
Simulation of Riser VIV Using Fully Three Dimensional CFD Simulations. S. Holmes, O. H. Oakley and Y. Constantinides. View
Numerical Prediction of Bare and Straked Cylinder VIV. Y. Constantinides and O. H. Oakley. View
CFD Simulation of Truss Spar Vortex-Induced Motion. S. Atluri, J. Halkyard and S. Sirnivas. View
Truss Spar Vortex Induced Motions: Benchmarking of CFD and Model Tests. J. Halkyard, S. Atluri and S. Sirnivas. View
Analysis of Turbulent Flows and VIV of Truss Spar Risers. Y. Constantinides, O. H. Oakley and S. Holmes. View
Benchmarking of Truss Spar Vortex Induced Motions Derived from CFD with Experiments. J. Halkyard, S. Sirnivas, S. Holmes, Y. Constantinides, O. H. Oakley Jr. and K. Thiagarajan. View
CFD Analysis of Vortex-Induced Motions of Bare and Straked Cylinders in Currents. K. P. Thiagarajan1, Y. Constantinides and L. Finn. View
Modeling Vortex Induced Motions for Sparse in Uniform and Stratified Flows. O. H. Oakley Jr., Y. Constantinides, C. Navarro and S. Holmes. View

Computational Aero Acoustics

CFD Simulation of Flow Tones from Grazing Flow past a Deep Cavity. T. Bagwell. View
Validation of CAA Formulation Based on LightHill's Analogy for a Cooling Fan and Mower Blade Noise. R. Sandboge, K. Washburn and C. Peak. View
Presentation of a CAA Formulation Based on LightHill's Analogy for Fan Noise. S. Caro, R. Sandboge, J. Iyer and Y. Nishio. View
Validation of a CAA Formulation Based on Lighthill's Analogy Using AcuSolve and Actran/LA on an Idealized Automotive HVAC Blower and on an Axial Fan. R. Sandboge, S. Caro, P. Ploumhans, R. Ambs, B. Schillemeit, K. B. Washburn and F. Shakib. View
CFD Analysis for a Centrifugal Benchmark Blower with Flat Hub I: Flow Structures and Noise Source Generation. R. Sandboge. View
A New CAA Formulation based on Lighthill's Analogy applied to an Idealized Automotive HVAC Blower using AcuSolve and Actran/LA. S. Caro, P. Ploumhans, X. Gallez, R. Sandboge, F. Shakib and M. Matthes. View

Fluid Structure Interaction

Fluid-Structure interaction with OpenFSI™ and MD Nastran™ structural solver. R. Sandboge. View

Turbulence Modeling

Industrial Application of RANS modelling: Capabilities and Needs. D.Corson, R.Jaiman and F.Shakib. Link
Assessment of DES Models for Separated Flow from a Hump in a Turbulent Boundary Layer. Daniel C. Lyons, Leonard J. Peltier, Frank J. Zajaczkowski and Eric. G. Paterson. View

Chemical Mixing

Process Intensifier: Optimization Using CFD (Part 1). P. Csiszar, K. Johnson and T. Post. View
Undestand Flow Patterns in Glass-Lined Reactors. D. S. Dickey, K. J. Bittorf, C. R. Ramsey and K. Johnson. View
Dynamics of Laminar Mixing in Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors. P. C. Arratia, J. Kukura and F. J. Muzzio. View
Mechanisms of Mixing and Creation of Structure in Laminar Stirred Tanks. M. M. Alvarez, J. M. Zalc, T. Shinbrot, P. E. Arratia and F. J. Muzzio. View
Using CFD To Understand Chaotic Mixing in Laminar Stirred Tanks. J. M. Zalc, E. S. Szalai, M. M. Alvarez and F.J. Muzzio. View
Extensive Validation of Computed Laminar Flow in a Stirred Tank with Three Rushton Turbines. J. M. Zalc, M. M. Alvarez, F. J. Muzzio and B. E. Arik. View
Practical Chaotic Mixing. M. M. Alvarez-Hernandez, T. Shinbrot, J. Zalc and F. J. Muzzio. View
Characterization of Flow and Mixing in an SMX Static Mixer. J. M. Zalc, E. S. Szalai, F. J. Muzzio and S. Jaffer. View
Validating the Galerkin Least-Square Finite Element Methods in Predicting Mixing Flows in Stirred Tank Reactors. K. Johnson and K. J. Bittorf. View
Validation of the ORCA CFD Software for Three Stirred Tank Configurations: Rushton Turbine Impellers, Pitched Bladed Impeller, and the Ekato Interming Impeller. E. S. Szalai, F. J. Muzzio and K. J. Bittorf. View
Validation of the ORCA CFD Software Using SMX and Kenics Static Mixer Elements. E. S. Szalai, F. J. Muzzio and K. J. Bittorf. View
Computer Aided Mixing Modeling Using the Galerkin Least-Squares Finite Element Technique. K. J. Bittorf and K. Johnson. View
Attraction of Minute Particles to Invariant Regions of Volume Preserving Flows by Transients. T. Shinbrot, M. M. Alvarez, J. M. Zalc and F. J. Muzzio. View
Understanding Pharmaceutical Flows. J. Kukura, P. C. Arratia, E. S. Szalai, K. J. Bittorf and F. J. Muzzio. View

External Aerodynamics

A Comparative Aerodynamic Study of Commercial Bicycle Wheels using CFD. Matthew. N. Godo, David Corson, and Steve M. Legensky. View
An Aerodynamic Study of Bicycle Wheel Performance using CFD. M. Godo, D. Corson and S. Legensky. View

Train CFD Simulations

High-Speed Passenger and Intercity Train Aerodynamic Computer Modeling. S. Holmes, E. Toma and M. Schroeder. View
Measurement of the Aerodynamic Pressures Produced by Passing Trains. R. A. MacNeill, S. Holmes and H. S. Lee. View

Urban Modeling

Fine Scale Modeling of Urban Structures: Dependence on Grid and Model Features. S. E. Haupt, R. P. Wilson, L. J. Peltier and R. F. Junz. View
Practical Application of the LES Method to Mixing in Large Indoor Spaces Features. K. J. Knight, K. K. Debus, J. M. Berkoe and T. J. Dasey. View
High Fidelity Modeling of Urban Features. L. J. Peltier, S. E. Haupt and J. C. Wyngaard. View

Simulation Based Design

Toward Simulation-Based Design. M. S. Shephard, M. W. Beall, R. M. O'Bara and B. E. Webster. View

Biological Flows

Development and Verification of a High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Canine Nasal Airflow. B. A. Craven, E. G. Paterson, G. S. Settles and M. J. Lawson. View
Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation of Blood Flow in the Aortic Arch during Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Min-Ho Song, Yuichi Ueda, Akihiko Usui, Toshiaki Akita, Shigeru Yoneyama and Shigeru Maruyama. View

Civil Engineering Applications

Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Tacoma Narrows Bridge Upgrade Project. K. Debus, J. Berkoe, B. Rosendall and F. Shakib. View
CFD Analysis of Large Caisson Interaction with Current at Supercritical Reynolds Number. K. Subrata, K. Debus, J. Berkoe and B. Rosendall. View